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JacobDotVI
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About JacobDotVI
Previously: DARPA Grand Challenge, US Naval Research Lab, co-founder Kinsail Corp (acquired '14), and Cancer Treatment Centers of America and Co-founder Superconductive Health. hello at jacob dot vi
http://jacob.vi
http://flybridge.vi
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Comment #39584659
Are there any startups working on disrupting US Shipbuilding?
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Comment #39228710
Activity-hours aren't fungible and have constraints. If I need to eat by 6pm and get home from work at 5:30 pm, I generally can't just choose to swap a 9 - 10 pm hour of streaming …
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Comment #38037461
Some screenings have gone direct to consumer in the US. Fairly easy to purchase online, make an appointment, then show up for a quick collection. https://www.ondemand.labcorp.com/ …
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Comment #38026484
What is old is new again. The Chicago Tribune writing in 1992 about restaurants naming themselves to get a better listing in the phonebook: "`A ALPHABETICAL ADVANTAGE` HELPS BUSINE…
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Comment #38002225
Now do it for the food and candy companies
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Comment #37909250
Some additional information: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/16/maines-pfas-law-draws...
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Comment #37161831
Guzey updated changed his mind on this topic: https://guzey.com/2022-lessons/#get-minimum-possible-sustain... It's unfortunate that he hasn't added a disclaimer to the original pos…
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Comment #36772645
A formula 1 race car is _much_ faster than a freight truck. However a freight truck can deliver a lot more goods across the country than an F1 car. Which is your big organization o…
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Comment #35461697
My hunch is that this is exactly what he was expecting. There is a lot of hype around ChatGPT passing the medical exam and this exercise is a counter point to that.
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Comment #35125292
Not an FDIC auction, but if you’re interested in what this sort of bidding looks like the book Barbarians at the Gate details the LBO auction of RJR Nabisco. That auction was a lot…
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Comment #34491462
He wrote a book called Blitzscaling regarding how to execute: https://www.amazon.com/Blitzscaling-Lightning-Fast-Building-... The book Netflixed (mentioned in the article) is likel…
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Comment #34421780
First Round had a good podcast episode with her about the book: https://overcast.fm/+k1HEhCB1U
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Comment #33560655
Try a roost stand (or equivalent) and external keyboard and track pad (I use the smallish apple ones). This has saved my posture when working from outside my office. It’s not the e…
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Comment #31005994
This seems like a great alternative to passing around postman collections separate from documentation
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Comment #29509693
> Has anyone ever put a picture of a stroad up as art/instagram etc like you see with downtown NYC, Paris, small european villages, shanghai, rural mountain towns, old downtowns in…
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Comment #29460292
Some shoe brands still do this, such as Allen Edmonds: https://www.allenedmonds.com/discover/our-story/recrafting.h...
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Comment #29253473
Using s3 to host a static page? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Hostin...
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Comment #29120052
My understanding is that fusion power theoretically has net positive output, but practically no one has achieved this yet. If they are able to achieve such it would be a scientific…
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Comment #29108736
Many patients need these injections regularly (every 4-6 weeks on some treatment protocols). My understanding is that it’s not safe to give some general anesthesia that often for a…
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Comment #29013247
I think this is part of that distinction. Likely a gravel pit would _not_ be considered "mineral mining" and so would be permitted at a size greater than 3 acres.
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Comment #29012505
I find this more relevant: "But [the lithium] reserves also would not present the same type of potential environmental issues as ... other base metal sulfide deposits in Maine, suc…
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Comment #28992760
I keep hoping that one of these shipping container farms will support tomatoes due to this issue. Unfortunately, I have yet to find any (although some claim version N will be tomat…